00:00Bye little friend.
00:01I appreciate you.
00:02I wanna look sleek.
00:04I just wanna be sleek, you know?
00:08Hi guys, my name's Samantha,
00:10and for the next couple days,
00:11I have to do my hair with no heat.
00:13So I usually do my hair maybe once a week,
00:17I'll put heat on it through straightening or blow drying.
00:20All seven days of the week, I will use my flat iron.
00:23Hi, don't burn out on me, I need you.
00:26My hair is all natural, yes.
00:27I don't have any chemical treatments on my hair right now.
00:30And you natural ladies know that you cannot take a twist out
00:34or a braid out when it's wet,
00:35so it's never gonna come out in the style
00:37that you want it to be.
00:38So that's why I put heat on it.
00:40My hair's kind of weird, it's really fine, but it's thick.
00:44So like, it'll be straight on one side,
00:46but it'll be like curly on the other side, or like frizzy,
00:49and it just, I don't know, that's why he's my friend.
00:53I'm really excited about the more comfortable I get
00:56with my hair in its natural state,
00:57the more courage I'll have to wear it in its natural state.
01:01It's gonna take me less time to get ready in the morning,
01:02and I think that's what I'm excited about,
01:04because less time means more sleep.
01:06So follow me for the next few days.
01:08As I say goodbye to my heat and embrace my natural hair.
01:11No flat iron, no blow dryer, and no curling iron.
01:14Nothing that requires any heat.
01:18Hi everybody, so this is the start of my styling my hair
01:22with no heat challenge.
01:23It's actually the night before day one,
01:25because I wash my hair every single night.
01:28Good morning, it's day one of my no heat challenge.
01:31I decided I wanted to do a wash and go,
01:34because I feel like that is the quintessential natural hairstyle.
01:39Since there is no heat, I might have to put something else
01:41in my hair before I go to sleep,
01:43just because my hair is generally very frizzy and wavy,
01:48and I don't have my flat iron.
01:51Okay, so this is after washing.
01:56I'm gonna use this conditioner as a leave-in for my wash and go.
02:02I don't know if it's supposed to be a leave-in,
02:03but I like this conditioner.
02:06So now that I put my hair like air dry just a little bit,
02:09I don't wanna just sleep on it,
02:10because I'm gonna get these weird like straight pieces.
02:12I used to do this thing where I would put a headband on,
02:17and then I would like wrap pieces around the headband.
02:23Almost finished.
02:24Ooh, whenever I get to the back,
02:26I really start getting into the knots.
02:29I can't use heat, so I don't know how I'm gonna fix this if it's bad.
02:32So, let's find out.
02:35Hi guys, so it's morning of day one.
02:39I slept on my hair.
02:42Let's pray that this looks okay.
02:45Yeah, it looks like it's good to go.
02:52I wasn't lying when I said my hair has a mind of its own.
02:56I'm pleasantly surprised at how cute this hair is looking.
03:01I'm not mad about it, but it's not necessarily what I wanted.
03:08So it's the end of day one for my no heat challenge,
03:12and my wash and go this morning was such a success.
03:17The hair is like super defined.
03:19Like, it's nice and bouncy and fluffy.
03:21What do you think of my hairstyle?
03:24I really like it.
03:25I like that it's natural. I like it a lot.
03:27This was definitely a success.
03:29Hi everybody, so it's morning of day three,
03:32and I pinned my hair down to my head,
03:35and I don't think it worked.
03:38I'm gonna twist my hair up today.
03:40Let's get started.
03:41This is supposed to make my hair straight.
03:43I'm gonna be honest and say that I don't know if I trust it.
03:49So, just to like kind of retain some moisture and make it a little bit softer,
03:54I'm just gonna twist it up.
03:55It's just fluffy, and then there are some pieces that are just like,
04:01yeah, you done goofed, girl.
04:03What I think I'm gonna do is I'm just going to put it into a ponytail,
04:07but leave it in these twists so that tomorrow I can have a twist out.
04:13If this is what they did in the olden days, then this is what we're gonna do today.
04:19And here's my final look for day three.
04:23So, this is my day three look.
04:25This is what we have.
04:30Hi everybody.
04:31So, here we are at the end of day three,
04:34and it started to rain, so humidity got the best of me.
04:38And I'm excited that I'm able to wear this out today.
04:41And it's like, it's cute.
04:43It's still very presentable.
04:44It's still very put together.
04:45And it has a nice little aesthetic to it on its own.
04:48So, I love that.
04:50It would have been fine had I been able to straighten like three pieces this morning.
04:54But, gonna do that.
04:55What's up?
04:56Good morning.
04:57So, it is the last day, day five of my no heat hairstyle.
05:02What I'm gonna do today is literally just take these flat twists out finally,
05:08and change the part of my hair.
05:10Without further ado, here we go.
05:14We're gonna slick it back into some sleek model style pony.
05:19Day five twist out, poppin'.
05:22Yes, girl.
05:23Yes.
05:25And then like, grease it down like Kim K.
05:31Two day old twist out and center part.
05:34I am still loving this style.
05:36It's getting super big and fluffy like I usually like it.
05:41And I'm just really happy that I did this challenge
05:43because I've gone this whole week without putting heat on my hair
05:47and still like got the greatest styles that I could do.
05:52So, I just slicked it back.
05:54I'm gonna put on some cute little hoop earrings.
05:56It's gonna be thunderstorming today.
05:58And my hair is going like I will at some point turn into Miss Frizzle.
06:04So, let's just avoid that all.
06:06Yeah.
06:07Y'all, it is the end of day five of the no heat hair challenge.
06:14Mama, I made it.
06:15I'm so happy that I did this challenge.
06:18It went pretty well.
06:20I'm not giving up my straightener just because I really love my bob.
06:24I don't need this blow dryer or flat iron or any type of heat styling tool
06:29to really get the looks that I want and to feel like cute and to feel like I can go
06:33out in style.
06:35I really learned a lot from this challenge.
06:38I love my hair for what it is, but it being the short,
06:43sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
06:44As long as you're happy and you're confident with whatever you're doing, go for it.
